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Sex-ducation

Jenna June 3, 2019 No Comments

If you conform to gender roles, you will be happy. That's what they said. That's what society would instill in us to be "right" and "good." That's what advertisers would sell. Women conformed to these rules of thought, and so did men.

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#anxiety #emotions #feminism #therapy

WTF is Mindfulness? And How Can I Get Some?

Jenna May 27, 2019 1 Comment

Have you ever just sat in that place between sleep and awake? Sometimes I feel euphoric. Sometimes I feel so tired physically that I can’t open my eyes, but my brain starts firing thoughts like an old arcade shooter game. Pew! Pew! Pew! I can’t make it stop. I feel like as a society, we […]

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#anxiety #emotions #meditation #mindfulness #panic attacks #patience #run

Fear of the Other Side of the Mountain

Jenna May 20, 2019 No Comments

Do you remember when you were a kid, and you would lay in your backyard while the clouds rolled by? You would stare up at the sky and try to figure out what shape the cloud was forming. Look it's a happy face! That one looks like a mouse! Life was so easy, and relaxing.

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#beliefs #cats #emotions #fear #travel

Oh the Stories We Tell Ourselves

Jenna April 8, 2019 No Comments

I became obsessed with trying to figure out how other people found the courage to chase after their own dreams. I didn't really care what their dreams were exactly. I wanted to find out HOW they did it. What action steps did they take?

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#affirmations #intentions #mantras #writing

Etsy

Jenna April 2, 2019 No Comments

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Springtime & Second Chances

Jenna March 18, 2019 No Comments

Spring Solstice, on this day the daylight hours will be the exact same as the nighttime hours. It also marks the beginning of when the days will become longer and the nights shorter. People will start to spend more time outside because winter is finally over, and the weather will begin to warm. This is […]

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#emotions #music #nature #playlist #spotify #spring

Waterfalls & Suitcases

Jenna March 4, 2019 No Comments

When the emotional volcano erupts in such a way as mine did (see this post for more about that), it’s really difficult to stop the flow of lava. Sometimes your emotions become so over-the-top that you have no idea what is going on, or how you got there. And sometimes it happens in all the […]

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#anxiety #emdr #emotions #run #therapy #trauma

Love Yourself First

Jenna February 11, 2019 1 Comment

I know I wrote about it in the past, because this topic is a really important one to me. But if it’s so important, then why can’t I think of anything to say? To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance. Oscar Wilde The reason I can’t think of anything to say is […]

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Little Black Books, Journalism & CBD

Jenna February 4, 2019 1 Comment

I have a confession to make. I have a Little Black Book.

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#anxiety #CBD #emotions #journal #journalism #mindfulness #panic attacks #writing

Back to Therapy, I Go

Jenna January 21, 2019 No Comments

Finding a therapist is like getting thrown back into dating. Ugh!